House prices in 'SO40 9', Totton

Price per square metre data and charts revealed. Latest statistics for the housing market in 'SO40 9' (Totton) - calculated on 02 May 2026.

Defining 'SO40 9'

This analysis is limited to properties whose postcode starts with "SO40 9", this is also called the postcode sector. There are no official postcode sector names so I've just labelled it SO40 9, Totton. It is shown in red on the map below.

Want to change geography?

You can click on the map above to change to a neighbouring sector, or you can use the search form below.

Price per square metre

Knowing the average house price in SO40 9 is not much use. However, knowing average price per square metre can be quite useful. Price per sqm allows some comparison between properties of different size. We define price per square metre as the sold price divided by the internal area of a property:

£ per sqm = price ÷ internal area

For example in February 2026, 33, Rushington Avenue, Totton, SO40 9DD sold for £455,000. Given the internal area of 111 square metres recorded on the EPC, the price per sqm is £455,000 ÷ 111 sqm = £4,099.

England & Wales have been officially metric since 1965. However house price per square foot is prefered by some estate agents and those of sufficiently advanced age ;-). You can change your prefered units from square meters to square feet for all the graphs and charts on SO40 9 and elsewhere. Just visit the My Account page and look for the m2 to ft2 toggle switch. Alternatively just multiply everything by 10, move a decimal place to go from sqm to sqft and you'll be close enough as 1 sqm = 10.76391 sqft.

Distribution of £ per sqm for 'SO40 9' vs 'SO40'

The chart above is called a histogram, it helps you see the distribution of house price per sqm in SO40 9 To make this chart we put all the sales data into a series of £ per sqm 'buckets' (e.g. £3,615 to £3,796, £3,796 to £3,977, £3,977 to £4,159 etc...) we then count the number of sales with within in each bucket and plot the results. The histogram is based on 149 sales that took place in SO40 9, Totton in the last 24 months.

Generate a custom histogram like the one above but based on your own criteria.

You can see the spread of prices above. This is because although internal area is a key factor in determining valuation, it is not the only factor. Many factors other than size affect desirability; these factors could be condition, aspect, garden size, negotiating power of the vendor etc.

The spread of prices will give you a feel of the typical range to expect in SO40 9, Totton. Notably, only 25% of properties that sold recently were valued at more than £4,270 sqm. For anything to be valued more than this means it has to be more desireable than the clear majority of SO40 9 homes.

Box plot of £ per sqm for SO40 9

Tip: click on the chart to see the values.

The chart above is called a boxplot (or a box-and-whisker plot). Box plots, like histograms, are used to graphically represent the distribution of data, showing the central tendency, spread of the distribution. In the context of £ per square metre property price distributions, box plots represent the variation in property prices within a geographic area e.g. Totton. The chart above shows a boxplot for 'SO40 9' as well as the 'SO40' postcode district.

  • Median: The horizontal line inside the box represents the median (£ per square meter). This is the midpoint of the data, meaning 50% of the prices are below this value, and 50% are above. The middle price per square metre in 'SO40 9' is £3,690.
  • Interquartile Range (IQR): The box spans from the 25th percentile (Q1) to the 75th percentile (Q3). This is the range where the middle 50% of the data lies, giving a good indication of the typical price spread. Of the 149 transactions in SO40 9, Totton half were sold for between £3,160 and £4,270 per square metre.
  • Whiskers: In our case, the whiskers extend from the 9th percentile (at the lower end) to the 91st percentile (at the upper end), This provides a slightly broader view of the distribution by including the middle 82% of records. The whiskers capture most of the variation but exclude extreme outliers caused by data errors in recording sold house prices or internal area.
  • 'n=' is the number of property transactions the box plot is based on; 149 for SO40 9, Totton.

    • Property price map for Totton

    Have a look at the interactive price map I created for myself. Use it to explore house prices in 'Totton' all the way down to individual property plots.

    House price heatmap showing property values across Totton 🔍 Explore map ›

    Totton house price forecasting

    House prices in SO40 9 grew 8.6% in the last year, 5.2% after inflation. Whether or not this trend will continue depends on many factors, such as wage growth, net migration, interest rates and the level of house building. No one can predict these things with certainty however we can plot the historic trends in house prices in SO40 9 (Totton) compared with the wider postcode district of SO40.

    House price index for SO40 9

    Tip: click on the legend items to show/hide different lines

    Download house price index as CSV (premium users only).

    The chart above shows changes in 'SO40 9' property prices over the last 20 years. The index is calculated from the average price paid per sqm for property in SO40 9 and is set to 100 in 2004. I'm comparing the trends for SO40 9,Totton with the wider postcode district of SO40 What is more interesting is to look at the difference between flats and houses, even those in the same area follow a very different trend, to get a robust enough sample size to see this we need to zoom out and look at house price trends for the entire New Forest local authority.

    The dashed lines show nominal house price changes, the solid lines show the same data adjusted for inflation. Economists call this the 'real' price change. You have to take inflation into account when comparing prices over time. It's calculated using the formula:

    Real Rate of Return = (1 + Nominal Rate) ÷ (1 + Inflation Rate) – 1
    In this formula, the nominal rate is the rate of change before any adjustments, and the inflation rate is taken from the Consumer Price Index. The real rate of return is a more accurate measure of change in value, because £1 today does not have the same buying power as £1 in the past. For example, if a savings account pays an interest rate of 3% per year and the inflation rate is 5% per year, the real rate of return is -2%. This means that the investment's value is shrinking by 2% each year.

    Historic returns for SO40 9
    SO40 9 sector SO40 district
    Nominal Real Nominal Real
    20 yr per annum 3.3% 0.5% 2.9% 0.0%
    20 yr total 91.8% 10.1% 75.5% 0.7%
    10 yr per annum 3.1% -0.3% 2.5% -0.8%
    10 yr total 35.9% -2.6% 28.6% -7.8%
    5 yr per annum 4.3% -0.7% 2.2% -2.7%
    5 yr total 23.2% -3.4% 11.5% -12.6%
    1 yr per annum 8.6% 5.2% 2.1% -1.0%
    1 yr total 8.6% 5.2% 2.1% -1.0%

    This table complements the house price index chart above, presenting the data in a more detailed format. It breaks down the information into 20-year, 10-year, 5-year, and 1-year periods, further categorized by property type. For each period, we display both a per annum rate of change and a total rate of change.

    The total rate of change represents the overall change over the entire period. The formula for total return is:

    Total return = (Index at end of period ÷ Index at start of period) - 1

    The per annum rate of change is the annualized rate of change over the period. This is equivalent to the annual bank savings rate you would need to achieve the same total return over the given period. This annualized return is also known as the Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR). The formula for CAGR is:

    CAGR = (1 + Total return) ^ (1 ÷ Number of years) - 1

    Some specific examples:

    • Over the past 20 years, SO40 district have seen a 0.0% annual change when adjusted for inflation. This translates to a total change of 0.7% in real terms.
    • Over the past 5 years, SO40 district have seen a -2.7% annual change when adjusted for inflation. This translates to a total change of -12.6% in real terms.

    Most recent SO40 9 sales

    For the most recent sales activity, rather than a summarized average, it is better to see the underlying data. This is shown in the chart below, where blue dots represent individual sales, click on them to see details. If there is an obvious trend you should be able to spot it here amid the noise from outliers.

    Tip: hover over dots to see details

    Street level data

    Street Avg size Avg £sqm Recent sales
    Fishers Road, Totton, SO40 9J 70 sqm £3,670 12
    Downs Park Crescent, Totton, SO40 9G 89 sqm £3,512 12
    Kinross Road, Totton, SO40 9B 87 sqm £4,889 11
    Jacobs Gutter Lane, Totton, SO40 9F 118 sqm £4,224 10
    Fishers Road, Totton, SO40 9H 93 sqm £3,366 10
    Osborne Road, Totton, SO40 9D 66 sqm £3,820 10
    Milverton Road, Totton, SO40 9G 74 sqm £5,221 9
    The Drive, Totton, SO40 9E 91 sqm £3,494 9

    Search for your street here.

    Nearby geographies

    The table below shows how 'SO40 9' compares to the other postcode sectors in SO40.

    Sector Lower quartile Median Upper quartile Sales in last 2yr
    SO40 9 Totton £3,160 sqm £3,690 sqm £4,270 sqm 149
    SO40 8 Totton £3,740 sqm £4,340 sqm £4,790 sqm 279
    SO40 7 Totton £4,470 sqm £5,000 sqm £5,740 sqm 163
    SO40 4 Marchwood £3,070 sqm £3,880 sqm £4,450 sqm 161
    SO40 3 Totton £3,250 sqm £3,720 sqm £4,320 sqm 233
    SO40 2 Calmore £3,370 sqm £3,930 sqm £4,470 sqm 226
    SO16 9 Southampton £2,650 sqm £3,080 sqm £3,440 sqm 191
    SO15 0 Southampton £2,620 sqm £3,150 sqm £3,470 sqm 51

    Raw data

    Our analysis of SO40 9 is derived from what is essentially a big table of sold prices from Land Registry with added property size information. Below are three rows from this table to give you an idea.

    Address Paid sqm £/sqm
    33, Rushington Avenue, Totton £455,000
    Feb-2026
    		 111 4,099
    17, Fishers Rd, Totton £305,000
    Feb-2026
    		 71 4,295
    10, Marybridge Close, Totton £360,000
    Feb-2026
    		 98 3,673

    See the entire list of all sales in SO40 9 here.

    About

    I created HouseMetric because I wanted to see this data and analysis myself, I also wanted to teach myself to build a website. Please give me feedback or spread the word about it. I'm constantly tinkering and adding more stuff to it.